The Indian Wildlife Tourism is popular because of its vast species
and is one of the worlds richest an varied Wildlife. More than 4% of the total
Indian land is covered with the forest range and the wildlife. The country is
one of the 12 mega diversity areas in the world, in terms of animal. The no.
of tiger alone in India ranges from 3600- 4000. This is largely found in sub-alpine
Himalayas to down south and across east- west. There are a huge number if Indian
wildlife species in different parts of the Indian region and forests. Some are
abundant in number and some are in the danger of extinction. It is sad to notice
that the tigers are in fear of extinction. In this The Project Tiger came into
being to protect Tigers from extinction. Now there are 28 tiger reserves in
India. The big mammals. like the elephant, sambar, swamp deer, cheetel, hog
deer, barking deer, wild boar,tiger, panther, wild dog, black and sloth bear
are found in the foothills of Himalayas.
The three species of wild sheep found here are nayan, bharal and oriel. Graze
on the grasses of the western Himalayas Among mammals of the Zone is snow-leopard,
the most beautiful animal hunted for its attractive skin. Wolf, fox, black
and brown bear, palas, cats are other predators. A large number of pheasants,
snow partridges, snow cocks, and golden eagle are the birds of this sub-region.
In the eastern Himalayas and sub zone bed pandas, badgers, porcupines, ferrests
etc. are found.
Wildlife Conservation in India :
There was a time humans were wildlife, well! not particularly abundant species
of primates coexisting with the wealth of other species in parts of Africa.
But, as we humans emerged from this situation and became the dominant species,
we have attempted to set ourselves apart from other species. In many respects,
this is the root cause of the present-day environmental crisis.
Ecological Trauma :
Despite the attempts that have been made to undermine progress made in solving
environmental problems, major progress has been made. Scientists and, increasingly,
the public are realizing that we are in an environmental crisis of global ecological
proportions. Human populations are still ascending at an exponential rate, the
atmosphere is warming, both tropical and temperate rainforests are being cut
at alarming rates, and serious pollution is much more prevalent than admitted
previously. From the perspective of wildlife this means species are being lost
almost on a daily basis. Acknowledgement of these problems, however, means that
we can find solutions for them, although most solutions require enormous economic
aids which may anchor these coherent problems.
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